"We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion." Thus spoke the great Seneca orator, Red Jacket, in his superb reply to Missionary Cram more than a century ago, and I have often... more...

Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. His autobiographical Indian Boyhood , popular in Boy Scout programs, is a 1902 recollection of life growing up among the Sioux. more...

Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. Old Indian Days is a collection of traditional stories from Eastman's Native American heritage. more...

First published in 1918, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains contains vivid biographical sketches of fifteen great Indian leaders: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Little Crow, Chief Joseph etc. Some of these men, such as Red Cloud and Rain-in-the-Face, were friends and acquaintances of Eastman, who was raised as young Sioux in 19th century. more...

Many entertaining and instructive Sioux legends are retold here. These tales include creation myths, animal fables, and stories of brave heroes, beautiful princesses, cruel giants, and other seemingly universal characters. This rich collection expresses composite tribal values, in a language that is direct and engaging.
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Charles Eastman (born 1858) was one of the highest educated Indians of his time, who became, through his social work and his writings, one of the best-known Indians of the early 20th century. He spent most of his life helping Indian people cope with the changes to their world and trying to reconcile the opposing values and beliefs of white society... more...

In Indian Boyhood Eastman - a full-blooded Santee Sioux Indian - describes his childhood experiences and training as a warrior in the 1870's and 1880's, until he was taken to live in the white man's world at age fifteen. He writes about child raising, religion, games, storytelling, tribal government and name giving.
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This book is an illumination of Indian spiritual beliefs and practices. Although a convert to Christianity, Charles Eastman never lost his sense of the wholeness and beauty of the Indian's relation to his existence and to the natural world. The Soul of the Indian treats the reader to a gook look at the ethics and morality of a culture that so few people... more...

Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) was raised in both the traditional world of the Santee Sioux and the modern civilization of the whites. The Essential Charles Eastman contains selections from the most well known of his published works. Completely revised and updated, this new edition contains new photographs, a new introduction, and a complete bibliography... more...